‰  NOW 40 WPM  ‰  TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2005 QST  PAGES 58, 59 AND 103  ‰

COMPUTER AUDIO OUTPUT AND THE FTDX9000DS PKT GAIN MENU ITEM 64 TO GENERATE
THE HIGHEST OUTPUT WITHOUT DISTORTION.  WE FOUND THAT IT WAS EASY TO
OVERDRIVE THE TRANSCEIVER AND CREATE A TERRIBLY DISTORTED SIGNAL.
FORTUNATELY, YOU CAN MONITOR YOUR OUTPUT
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AA6NP/329 AA8LL/326 AC4G/332 AC6V/336 AE1T/334 AI6Z/335 CT3FT/331 DF3FJ/334

ON THE AIR THE 200 W FROM THIS RADIO WAS ABLE TO PUNCH THROUGH ANY PILEUP
WITH ITS POWERFUL AUDIO.  THE TRANSMITTED AUDIO IS EXCELLENT AND THE BUILT
IN THREE BAND PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER AND ADJUSTABLE CARRIER OFFSET ALLOW FOR
FULL CUSTOMIZATION TO YOUR VOICE.  I TUNED THE AUDIO AND A HEIL GOLDLINE
MIC WHILE LISTENING ON THE MP.  BY RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK THE 9000DS
TRANSMITTED AUDIO OFF THE MP RECEIVER I WAS ABLE TO FINE TUNE THE SETTINGS
FOR FULL FIDELITY WITHOUT SPLATTERING THE ENTIRE BAND.  ABDULLAH, 9K2GS,
COMPLIMENTED ME ON HOW WELL THE 9000D SOUNDED AND THAT WITH THE HUGE PILE
OF KW STATIONS CALLING MY VOICE JUST SET ITSELF APART FROM ALL OTHERS.  I
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH OTHER STATIONS FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUND OF MY
VOICE AND THEY ALL GAVE EXCELLENT REPORTS.  SUNDAYS BAND CONDITIONS WERE
NOT AS GOOD AS SATURDAYS.  I RAN STATIONS IN THE NEW ENGLAND QSO PARTY AND
HAD NO PROBLEMS CREATING MINI PILEUPS IN THIS SMALL BUT POPULAR CONTEST.  I
ALSO WORKED SEVERAL DOZEN ITALIAN STATIONS IN THE ARI CONTEST.  WHILE
NEITHER OF THESE EVENTS COULD PROVIDE CROWDED BAND CONDITIONS SUCH AS THOSE
FOUND IN THE ARRL DX OR CQ WORLD WIDE CONTESTS, I WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT THE
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UA3FT/356 UR5WA/336 UY5ZZ/330 VE1YX/341 VE3WT/333 VK3EGN/327 VK5MS/379
VK5QW/333 W0GJ/338 W0RXL/340 W0ULU/337 W1DF/337 W1KG/351 W1ZT/336 W2LK/335
W2OB/346 W2ZI/336 W4DKB/341 W4DOU/347 W4EB/332 W4LIA/329 W4PKU/329 W4SW/336
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9000DS ROOFING FILTERS AND OTHER QRM FIGHTING TOOLS BY SLIDING UP VERY
CLOSE TO LOUD STATIONS AND OPERATING WITHOUT DEGRADING THE PERFORMANCE OF
EITHER STATION.  THE FTDX9000D HEARS EXTREMELY WELL.  IN A/B COMPARISONS
WITH MY FT 1000MP, THE SAME SIGNALS APPEARED TO BE MUCH SHARPER ON THE
9000D THAN ON THE MP.  WEAK EUROPEAN STATIONS THAT WERE SOMEWHAT MUDDY ON
THE MP WERE CRISPER AND EASIER TO COPY ON THE FTDX9000D.  OVER THE YEARS I
HAVE BECOME USED TO USING THE FT 1000MP AND IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO
ISOLATE A SIGNAL SO THAT IT APPEARED AS IF IT WERE THE ONLY ONE ON THE
BAND.  THE NEW GENERATION OF DSPS, AS FOUND IN THE FTDX9000D, MAKES IT SEEM
AS IF YOU HAVE PEELED BACK ANOTHER LAYER OF QRM TO COPY OTHERWISE
UNREADABLE SIGNALS.  AS WITH THE MP, THE 9000D HAS AN AUTOMATIC NOTCH
FILTER THAT WILL SEEK AND DESTROY ANY ANNOYING HETERODYNE IN YOUR PASSBAND.
OVERALL THIS 200 W RADIO REALLY PUTS OUT A COMMANDING SIGNAL.  THE FOUR
ANTENNA INPUTS COULD BE LESS OF AN IMPORTANT FEATURE SINCE MOST CONTESTERS
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W4WJ/340 W5ADH/336 W5LW/367 W5OZI/332 W5RZ/339 W5TFV/333 W5VX/350 W5XG/337
W6IHA/339 W6KX/334 W6TEX/336 W6TNW/333 W6WI/327 W7HR/341 W7IX/330 W7KSG/352
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